Gene flow and natural selection shape spatial patterns of genes in tree populations: Implications for evolutionary processes and applications

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 291-310

  Sork, Victoria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Quercus; Gene flow; Landscape genomics; Local adaptation; Phylogeography; Pollen dispersal; Population differentiation; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954440760     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12316     Document Type: Article

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